The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-03
In Brief.

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THE MUsEUM-Edwin F. Mayo in "Davy Crock
EFT, afternoon and evening
In Brief
Patrick Finn, the proprietor of Emerald Hall.
was arrested last night for selling liquor after IL
o'clock
The receipts of the Auditor of State from all
sources for the month of May amounted TO ST.
432, 0791I
Articles of association of the Boom Building,
Loan and Savings Association, of Bluffton. cap
tal stock 800. 600. were filed with the Secretary
or State yesterday.
Smith Williams superintendent of the County
Poor Asylum, returned from Norfolk, o., last
night with John Kirk, the insane inmate, who
made his escape from the Institution last fall
The annual meeting of the Builders Exchange
will occur this evening. A president, two vice.
presidents and sixteen directors are to be elect
ed. Other business of Importance will also
come up.
Gus Hoffman, the ftteen-year-od of
Charles +. Hoffman, residing at No $50 Madison
avenue, fell while practicing in Turner Hall, on
Maryland street, last night and broke his right
arm In two places.
Arrangements are being made to enlarge the
Grand Hotel by building a sixty foot addition
on the eastend, extending to the alley The plans
are being prepared. and it is the intention to
complete the addition before fall.
Captain Colbert has received letter fro m the
chief of police of Chicago making inquiries about
| William Kilmarten. who disappeared from his
home there several weeks ago. He was formerly
a resident of this city. The letter says he is
| slightly demented.
The following persons were licensed to marry
yesterday: John Shoeneman and Lena Sinker,
| Frederick Meyer and Mary Rosenthal, Paul
| Hansdorfer and Meta NJ. Gausepohl James o.
keeler and Nellie Huffman, George IL. Scott
and Hattie A. Sawyers.
Under the auspices of tho Young Folks Circle,
| of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Professors
| Young and Baird. of Hanover College. will give
an illustrated lecture on yellowstone Nation al
church. a Union
| Carly streets, this evening, at o'clock.
| UNLICENSED DOGS DANGER
Wednesday the last legal day for
| licensed dogs to run at large and not more than
half the CANNES in the city have been licensed.
few days of grace will be given: and then the
police are to be instructed to enforce the law.
Inc hne Tor harboring an unlicensed dog Is SO.
OFFICERS THE O.. H.
At the regular meeting of division No l. A.
o. H., held last night at Parnel Hall, the fol-
lowing officers elected for the ensuing
year. President, VIM NJ. Page; vice president.
Martin Lynch; recording secretary, John I.
Wilson; financial secretary, Dennis OBrien;
| treasurer, VIM Curry; marshal. Mark Brennan;
door-keeper. James Healy.
ACCIDENT TO DR. ALBEIT.
DR.. Charles Fl. Albeit met with a very painful
accident in front of his Office, No. 3l4 Virginia
| avenue, yesterday morning. He was hitching
| his horse. and caught hold of post to assist
| in drawing himself upon the sidewalk, when it
| gave way and he fell, disocating his right
! ankle and breaking of the bones. He
| removed TO his residence West Vermont
| street. 1t will be some time before he will be
| able to be out again.
UNHEALTHFUL QUARTERS FOR JUDGES.
The State building particularly the part occu-
pied by the Supreme Court judges. misera
Bile and unhealthful structure. There is a leak
of sewer gas in the building Of which the judges
complain, and the re- are fears that it will seri-
ously affect the health of the occupants o. the
rooms The roof of the building leaks The
rain day before yesterday came through and in
jured a considerable number Of books in the law
library.
DRIVEN INSANE BY FIRE.
Mrs Justine Meyer. widow living at No. pa
| Olive street. has been declared insane. Nine
months ago a fire broke out in her house late at
| night, and she came near being caught in the
! flames The fright affected her mind and it
| has since been gradually failing. She has also
figured in numerous lawsuits, and these have
helped to unbalance her mind. She has an illu-
sion that she is to be prosecuted for some crime,
and in the last few days has become very vio-
lent
WASTING THE STATES MONEY.
There is a general expression of opinion about
the State Offices to the effect that the expendi-
ture of from $12 900 $5 900 by the State house
commissioners in a stone fence around the Capt.
toll, is little better than throwing money away.
| This money. they think, could better be applied
in furnishing the rooms in the State house. into
| which old furniture will have be taken for
! lack of money to buy new It is considered
| rath, old fogyish for the commissioners to be
| putting fences up when progress is taking them
| down.
THE TAX ASSESSMENT EQUALIzERs
The county board of equalization formed
| yesterday, by Judge Ayres appointing w. A.
Ketcham, Allen W. Conduit, Benjamin A.
Richardson and George NJ. Smith to represent
the property holders. Mr.. Smith resides at
Irvingtor and the other members reside in the
| city The board will meet on Monday for or
| ganzation, and will then adjourn until the 18th
of the month, as the assessors work will not be
| completed before that time. Real estate will
most of the time will be given to INCORPORATED
companies.
STEALING FROM THE PANHANDLE.
The police, with the assistance of the line Off
| GERS of the Panhandle railroad have discovered
| that the road has been systematically robbed of
| large quantities of pig-iron within the last two
| months The iron was sold to the junk dealers
| about the city, and it was through them that the
officers were able to get a clew to the thieves.
On Wednesday Lewis Hoyt arrested one
! Of the gang. do confessed and furnished some
| information yesterday morning that led to the
| arrest of John Gross. There are several other
! persons in the gang whom the officers expect to
get. Hoyt's trial was continued by the Mayor
| yesterday morning.
WILL SHIP FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
| Cyrus H Mccormick, president of the Nc
! Cormick Harvesting Machine Company. of Chi
cago, was in the city yesterday, and, in company
with J. B. Haywood. the manager of the bust
ness at this point, made inspection of the
| city, with view to making Indianapolis the
| distributing point flor their extensive busn ess.
| To Journal representative Mr.. Mccormick
stated that no greatly impressed with the
future outlook for Indianapolis a manufactur
ing and shipping center. 1t is his intention to
erect fve-story building on the southeast
| corner of Pennsylvania and Maryland streets,
| where he recently purchased quarter of
| square. Work will be commenced within the
] next thirty sixty days. Mr.. Mccormick